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New On the Download Library September 2019
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The turn of midnight
by Minette Walters
As the plague continues to ravage England in 1349, the people of Develish find their stores dwindling and must venture out past the moat and leave the protection of Lady Anne.
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The institute : a novel
by Stephen King
Published to coincide with the release of It: Chapter Two, a supernatural thriller finds an abducted youth imprisoned in an inescapable institute, where teens with psychic abilities are subjected to torturous manipulation.
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The last train to London : a novel
by Meg Waite Clayton
A tale inspired by the Kindertransports of World War II finds a Jewish teen’s life shattered by the Nazi takeover before he joins a member of the Dutch resistance in a life-risking effort to escape Germany.
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Don't You Forget About Me
by Mhairi McFarlane
Fired and dumped on the same night, Georgina takes a new job before realizing that her boss is her first love, and does not recognize her. By the best-selling author of You Had Me at Hello.
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How to raise a reader
by Pamela Paul
Written by two New York Times book reviewers, a parent’s guide to raising a life-long reader shares reassuring, practical ideas for engaging children of all ages, offering recommended reading lists arranged by age and subject matter.
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Red at the Bone : A Novel
by Jacqueline Woodson
As Melody celebrates a coming of age ceremony at her grandparents’ house in 2001 Brooklyn, her family remembers 1985, when Melody’s own mother prepared for a similar party that never took place, in this novel about different social classes.
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Akin : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother’s wartime secrets. By the best-selling author of Room. Read by Jason Culp.
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The testaments
by Margaret Atwood
Fifteen years after Offred stepped into an unknown fate, three female narrators, a Commander's daughter, a woman who grew up in Canada, and a Gilead enforcer, are drawn together by long-buried secrets
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The whisper man : a novel
by Alex North
Mourning the death of his wife, a father and his young son move to Featherbank for a fresh start but find their new town has a dark past involving a serial killer named "The Whisper Man."
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We Are the Weather : Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer
An urgent call to action on climate change by the author of Eating Animals shares insight into the climate denial mindset while identifying meat farms as a primary source of environmental pollutants. Bibliography. Appendix.
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How to : absurd scientific advice for common real-world problems
by Randall Munroe
The creator of the web comic xkcd and best-selling author of What If? and Thing Explainer shares inadvisable advice for responding to today’s problems, from using social-media for weather forecasts to powering a home by destroying the fabric of space-time. Illustrations.
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